Telematics authentication

• US 10,181,228 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2016
• Issued: 01/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Inventors: Slusar, Mark V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Bao Long T
• Application Number:
  US15/018,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20170228410A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,072 Days
• Field of Search: 701 314, 701 99, 701 293, 701 296, 701 326, 701 334
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1063 Personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/606 by securing the transmission between two devices or processes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B

Abstract

Systems and methods for determining the authenticity of vehicle operational data provided by telematics or other devices are provided. Vehicle performance and/or operational data may be collected and the authenticity of the data stream may be determined based on the whether the data stream includes a watermark in a predetermined location of the data stream or whether the data stream includes a data key comprising a predetermined false vehicle performance data reading. A second data recording device may also record vehicle performance and/or operational data. Both the first and second data recording devices may provide the respective vehicle performance data to a computing device. The computing device may compare the vehicle performance data from the first and second data recording devices to determine authenticity of the vehicle measurement data.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a data authenticity server and from a telematics device in a vehicle, a data stream including first vehicle performance data, wherein the first vehicle performance data is recorded by the telematics device over a first period of time;

receiving, by the data authenticity server and from one or more sensors of a mobile device of a user of the vehicle, second vehicle performance data, wherein the second vehicle performance data is recorded by the mobile device during the first period of time of the first vehicle performance data;

comparing, by the data authenticity server, the first vehicle performance data and the second vehicle performance data over the first period of time;

determining, by the data authenticity server and based on the comparing, whether the second vehicle performance data corroborates the first vehicle performance data; and

responsive to determining that the second vehicle performance data corroborates the first vehicle performance data, determining, by the data authenticity server, that the first vehicle performance data is authentic.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first vehicle performance data comprises one or more of engine temperature, engine RPM, vehicle velocity, vehicle acceleration, applied brake force, interior vehicle temperature, exterior vehicle temperature, window displacement, exterior vehicle barometric pressure, exhaust pressure, vehicle emissions, turbo blower pressure, turbo charger RPM, and vehicle GPS location.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the data authenticity server, whether the data stream includes a data code in a predetermined location in the data stream; and

responsive to determining that the data stream includes the data code in the predetermined location, determining, by the data authenticity server, whether the data code matches an authenticity code.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the predetermined location of the data code is a predetermined periodic location, a predetermined aperiodic location, or a random location.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the data code is a character, an integer, a sequence of characters and/or integers, or a Fibonacci sequence.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the data authenticity server, whether the data stream includes a data key in a predetermined location in the data stream; and

in response to determining that the data stream includes the data key in the predetermined location, determining, by the data authenticity server, whether the data key is a predetermined data type of a predetermined magnitude.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the predetermined location of the data key is a predetermined periodic location, a predetermined aperiodic location, or a random location.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors of the mobile device includes an accelerometer, and

wherein the second vehicle performance data includes data indicating movement of the vehicle sensed by the accelerometer.

9. A system, comprising:

a telematics device having at least a first processor, a first memory, and a first communication interface, wherein the telematics device is configured to;

receive a data stream comprising first vehicle performance data of a vehicle, wherein the first vehicle performance data is collected during a first time period; and

transmit, to a data authenticity server, the data stream comprising the first vehicle performance data of the vehicle;

a mobile device of a user of the vehicle, the mobile device including at least a second processor, a second memory and a second communication interface, wherein the mobile device is configured to;

receive, from one or more sensors of the mobile device, second vehicle performance data of the vehicle, wherein the second vehicle performance data is collected by the one or more sensors during the first time period;

record the second vehicle performance data of the vehicle; and

transmit, to the data authenticity server, the second vehicle performance data of the vehicle;

the data authenticity server, including at least a third processor, a third memory, and a third communication interface, wherein the data authenticity server is configured to;

receive the first vehicle performance data and the second vehicle performance data;

compare the first vehicle performance data and the second vehicle performance data collected during the first time period;

determine, based on the comparing, whether the second vehicle performance data corroborates the first vehicle performance data; and

responsive to determining that the second vehicle performance data corroborates the first vehicle performance data, determine that the first vehicle performance data is authentic.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the first vehicle performance data comprises one or more of engine temperature, engine RPM, vehicle velocity, vehicle acceleration, applied brake force, interior vehicle temperature, exterior vehicle temperature, window displacement, exterior vehicle barometric pressure, exhaust pressure, vehicle emissions, turbo blower pressure, turbo charger RPM, and vehicle GPS location.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the data authenticity server is further configured to determine whether the data stream is authentic by:

determining whether the data stream includes a data code in a predetermined location in the data stream; and

responsive to determining that the data stream includes the data code in the predetermined location, determining whether the data code matches an authenticity code.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the predetermined location of the data code is a predetermined periodic location, a predetermined aperiodic location, or a random location.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the data authenticity server is further configured to determine whether the data stream is authentic by:

determining whether the data stream includes a data key in a predetermined location in the data stream; and

responsive to determining that the data stream includes the data key in the predetermined location, determining whether the data key is a predetermined data type of a predetermined magnitude.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the predetermined location of the data key is a predetermined periodic location, a predetermined aperiodic location, or a random location.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more sensors of the mobile device includes an accelerometer, and

wherein the second vehicle performance data includes data indicating movement of the vehicle sensed by the accelerometer.